The Braves host the Padres tonight to start a stretch of 10 games that will decide whether they are contenders or pretenders in the NL playoff race. After three games with the Padres, the Braves travel to NL East rivals Philly and Florida. Tonight's game against San Diego starts at 710p. Jair Jurrjens will pitch for the Braves.
Atlanta is in second place in the NL East, 7 games behind Philly. The Braves are 4.5 games back in the wild card race. After taking a look at the schedules over the next 10 days, we may be able to gain a few games on Colorado (series against LA and SF) and San Fran (series against COL and PHIL), but may lose a few games to the Marlins (series against NYM and SD) and Phillies (series against PIT and SF).
Lance Lynn is scheduled to pitch tonight for the AA Springfield Cardinals. Game time is 800p EST.
Drew Storen continued his dominance in the closer role for AA Harrisburg last night. Storen pitched two innings and recorded his sixth save in class AA and 8th save overall. Drew allowed two walks and recorded a strikeout while not giving up a base hit. Right-handed batters are still hitless against Storen in AA ball, now 0-for-12 for the season.
Tucker Barnhart was 1-for-4 with 2 strikeouts yesterday for the GCL Reds. He was in the second spot in the batting order, as usual, and was the catcher (which seems to be an every-other-day thing between catcher and DH). He is still having trouble with left-handed pitchers as he is 0-for-11 against them. Overall, Barnhart is batting .162 on the season.
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